Sanaghanroe landmine attack

Sanaghanroe land mine attack
Part of the Troubles
Sanaghanroe landmine attack is located in Northern Ireland
Sanaghanroe landmine attack
LocationSanaghanroe, near Dungannon , County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Date10 September 1972
WeaponsImprovised explosive device
Deaths3 British soldiers
Injured4 British soldiers, 1 civilian
PerpetratorProvisional IRA
East Tyrone Brigade

On 10 September 1972, an active service unit (ASU) of the Provisional IRA's East Tyrone Brigade carried out a landmine attack against a British Army mobile patrol, along a small road in the rural village of Sanaghanroe near the town of Dungannon in County Tyrone.[1]

  1. ^ Sutton, Malcolm. "A Chronology of the Conflict - 1972:Sunday 10 September 1972 - Three British soldiers were killed in a land mine attack near Dungannon, County Tyrone". CAIN Web Service A Chronology of the Conflict - 1972. CAIN Archive - Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland. Retrieved 2 December 2024.

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